Baby Café USA, Inc., Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA.
Community Education Department, Melrose-Wakefield Hospital (MWH), Melrose, Massachusetts, USA.
Breastfeed Med. 2020 May;15(5):331-334. doi: 10.1089/bfm.2019.0179. Epub 2020 Mar 25.
Accessible community lactation support impacts a woman's breastfeeding success by offering timely intervention and solutions, thereby allowing mothers to achieve breastfeeding goals and improve overall breastfeeding rates. Although the impact of breastfeeding support has been well established, there is a lack of consistency in the development and evaluation of support models. This report examines two differing populations of Baby Café attendees. The study evaluated the mother's achievement of personal and nationally recommended breastfeeding goals, the frequency of attending a Baby Café, and their ratings of the program as helpful in solving breastfeeding problems. A total of 559 mothers attending two Baby Cafés, one in Massachusetts and the other in southern Texas, were surveyed when their babies were 6 months old and again over age 12 months. Actual breastfeeding duration was compared with the mothers' initially stated goals and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended goals, and then evaluated against the number of Café attendances. The mother's rating of the Café for helpfulness was measured using a 1-5 effectiveness scale. Results show that mothers attending either of the surveyed Baby Cafés that served distinctly different populations reported higher breastfeeding exclusivity rates and higher rates of 12-month breastfeeding duration than national rates reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). More than 70% of all mothers surveyed rated the Café as most effective. The Baby Café model was shown to be effective at helping mothers reach breastfeeding goals regardless of the Café's different geographical settings and the socioeconomic characteristics of the populations served.
可及的社区母乳喂养支持通过提供及时的干预和解决方案来影响女性的母乳喂养成功，从而使母亲能够实现母乳喂养目标并提高整体母乳喂养率。尽管母乳喂养支持的影响已得到充分证实，但支持模式的开发和评估缺乏一致性。本报告考察了参加婴儿咖啡馆的两个不同人群。该研究评估了母亲实现个人和国家推荐的母乳喂养目标的情况、参加婴儿咖啡馆的频率以及她们对该项目在解决母乳喂养问题方面的帮助程度的评价。共有 559 名母亲参加了两个婴儿咖啡馆，一个在马萨诸塞州，另一个在德克萨斯州南部，在她们的孩子 6 个月大时和 12 个月大后进行了调查。实际母乳喂养时间与母亲最初陈述的目标和美国儿科学会（AAP）推荐的目标进行了比较，并与咖啡馆参加次数进行了比较。母亲对咖啡馆有用性的评价使用 1-5 分的有效性量表进行衡量。结果表明，参加接受调查的婴儿咖啡馆的母亲报告的纯母乳喂养率和 12 个月母乳喂养率高于疾病控制和预防中心（CDC）报告的全国母乳喂养率。超过 70%的接受调查的母亲认为咖啡馆最有效。无论咖啡馆的地理位置和服务人群的社会经济特征如何，婴儿咖啡馆模式都被证明可以有效地帮助母亲实现母乳喂养目标。
